Nomads and Crusaders A.D. 1000-1368

"[A] fine, arresting book with a clear and novel thesis and a firm grasp of geography. Good stuff, in short... strongly recommended." -- William H. McNeill "The reader will find here useful information and much food for thought; a book of such a broad scope is rare and has much to recommend it." -- Speculum "... encyclopedic... there is no book quite like this one." -- Choice "... a colorful canvas depicting the torrential movements of Eurasian warriors and merchants on ship-boards and horseback between Atlantic, Mediterranean and Pacific coasts, between streams of accumulated goods and tensions, religious fervor and insatiable greed... " -- Ural-Altaic Yearbook "A healthy antidote to the parochialism that characterizes so much of the run-of-the-mill output of medieval history... " -- American Historical Review Emphasizing geographical, maritime, institutional, and economic factors, Lewis presents a wide-ranging story of the complex rise and fall of civilizations and explores new conceptual frontiers in the study of world history.Lewis, Archibald Ross is the author of 'Nomads and Crusaders A.D. 1000-1368' with ISBN 9780253206527 and ISBN 0253206529.